Although Wycombe remain within touching distance of the play-offs, the need to rediscover the form that saw them beat promotion contenders Sheffield Wednesday, Bolton Wanderers, Peterborough United, and Derby County earlier in the season has now become urgent.

Including the visit to Ipswich Town on Good Friday, April 7, Wanderers had just seven games to secure a place in the top six of League One for what would be a remarkable third time in four seasons.

Their form under new boss Matt Bloomfield has been patchy with a record before Easter of two wins, three draws, and three defeats, totalling nine points from a possible twenty-four.

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If that were replicated over the final weeks of the season, the Chairboys would almost certainly miss out on the play-offs.

With such fierce competition for places in the top six, they may need to win all their remaining games beginning with the trip to high-flying Ipswich – a daunting task.

Before the Good Friday clash at Portman Road - where Bloomfield began his career in professional football - the Suffolk team had won seven games in-a-row without conceding a single goal.

The clubs had met five times before with Wycombe’s only win coming in the reverse fixture at Adams Park in December, Brandon Hanlan scoring the only goal.

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Because of the continued absence of last season’s leading scorer Sam Vokes, Hanlan has recently been forced to play in the unfamiliar role of attacking spearhead, and with Garath McCleary also out injured, Bloomfield’s options up front have been limited.

It is hoped that at least one of the injured duo could return in time for the visit of Forest Green Rovers to Adams Park on Easter Monday, April 10.

Wanderers have won all four previous meetings with FGR, but they will be tricky opponents this time.

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Now managed by former Everton striker Duncan Ferguson, the Gloucestershire club are bottom of the table and fighting to avoid relegation.

The Chairboys beat them 2-0 earlier this season with David Wheeler and McCleary on the scoresheet, and a similar outcome on Monday would keep Wanderers’ flickering play-off hopes alive.